threshern.¹

Brit.

/ˈθrɛʃə/, U.S.

/ˈθrɛʃər/

Forms: see thresh v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: thresh v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < thresh v. (compare forms at that entry) + -er suffix¹. Compare later thrasher n.¹

a. A person who threshes crops, esp. with a flail.Recorded earliest as a surname.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > thresher

thresher1221

thrasher1364

tasker14..

flail-swinger?1518

berrier1573

lotman1762

barnmana1805

α.

1221 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Brit. Surnames (1976) 347 Richard þrescere.

1380 in T. Rogers Oxf. City Documents (1891) 39 De Waltero le thressher.

c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 9336 Echon or [read on] other ffaste doth bete, Ryght as threscheres doth on whete.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) v. 318 He suld ane mantill have auld & bar And a flaill as he a thresscher war.

a1500 Walter of Henley's Husbandry (Sloane) (1890) 50 (MED) Let your thresers be sworne to thresse it clene.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. i. 131 An idle thresher with a flaile.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. v. 24 Your barne, with his great doore..to giue light to the threshers.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 356 We may discern the thresher at his task. Thump after thump resounds the constant flail.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iii. 23 The threshers..struck the corn alternately.

2005 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 13 July 42 He began making eight-day clocks, artificial teeth..even an artificial arm for a thresher who would otherwise have been unable to work.

β. 1327 Subsidy Roll, Leicestershire in Associated Archit. Soc. Rep. & Papers (1888) 19 242 Joh'ne Throsshere.1474–5 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 152 (MED) For vannyng unto þe throssars at þer furst comyng for þer labur, ij s.1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxi. B O my felowe throsshers and fanners.1800 J. Larwood Norfolk Dial. (E.D.S. No. 76) 122 The stra that the throsher had hull'd down from the gofe in the barn.

b. An implement, device, etc., for threshing; (sometimes) spec. a threshing machine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > machine or device for

waina1382

mill1669

threshing machine1735

threshing mill1768

thrashing machine1771

thresher1778

thrashing mill1790

steamer1898

1778 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. II. 493 And I gladly hope it will terminate in the production of a complete thresher and cleaner of grain.

1872 Southern Cultivator Oct. 362/2 The quickest mode of gathering is either to pull up or cut down the vines and thresh out with flail or thresher.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlvii. 131 The hum of the thresher..increased to a raving whenever the supply of corn fell short of the regular quantity.

1937 Farmer & Settler (New S. Wales) 9 Sept. 8/5 As the machine has a large capacity in the conveyers, elevators, threshers, and riddles, it is capable of handling heavy crops with surprising ease.

2003 Tractor & Machinery Oct. 124/1 Biggest bang for the buck was..a massive Ransomes thresher in restorable condition.

a. More fully thresher shark. A shark having an elongated caudal fin used to stun prey, Alopias vulpinus (family Alopiidae). In later use more widely (frequently with distinguishing word): any of several sharks constituting the genus Alopias. Cf. thrasher n.¹ 2a, thresher fish n. A. vulpinus is also called fox shark.In early use perhaps conflated or confused with sense 2b.

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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Alopiidae (sea-ape)

sea-fox1605

thresher1605

sea-ape1607

sea ape1607

sea dog-fish1611

thrasher1638

thrasher fish1658

long-tailed shark1776

thresher fish1817

fox-shark1828

swingle-tail1839

1605 Sir T. Smithes Voiage in Rushia sig. C2 The gallant Sea-fight betwixte the huge Whale, the Sword-fish, and the Thresher.

1609 Newes from Bermudas July in P. Force Hist. Tracts & Other Papers (1838) II. 22 The Threasher keepeth above him, & with a mighty great thing like unto a flaile, hee so bangeth the whale, that hee will roare as though it thundered.

1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall xxiii. §3. 265 The sea-fox, Vulpecula, or Simia marina..; this shark we call the Thresher, from the motion of its long fox-like tail with which it strikes or threshes its larger and less agile enemy the grampus.

1888 Ayr Advertiser 5 July 6 A very large specimen of the fox or ‘thresher’ shark was recently caught..at Port-na-Luing.

1941 Sat. Evening Post 1 Feb. 54/3 A thresher is one of the few powerhouses in the shark family.

1999 J. I. Castro et al. Preliminary Investig. Status Shark Species (U.N. F.A.O. Fisheries Techn. Paper No. 380) iv. 23 The bigeye thresher is most often seen in the bycatch of swordfish fisheries, where it is considered a nuisance.

2004 Dive Sept. 27 The most electrifying encounter was with a thresher shark that rose from the depths to swim past the divers.

†b. More fully thresher whale. The killer whale, Orcinus orca. Cf. thrasher n.¹ 2b. Obsolete.In early use perhaps conflated or confused with sense 2a.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > genus Orcinus (killer whale)

grampusa1529

orcc1590

herring-hoga1641

orca1653

springer1700

thrasher1709

killer whale1726

grampus-whale1744

thresher1787

sword-whale1860

1787 in P. G. King Hist. Rec. New S. Wales (1893) II. 534 As ye whale swims along, the thresher watches when the whale is going to spout. At that time he throws himself out of the water, and falls with the greatest force on the whale's head or shoulder.

1890 J. Ashton Curious Creatures Zool. 239 The Orca is probably the Thresher whale.

1909 W. T. Grenfell Labrador xiv. 356 The thresher, or killer whale (Orca gladiator),..is the fiercest of all our sea animals, and is a perfect buccaneer and pirate.

Compounds

† thresher fish n. Obsolete a thresher shark (see sense 2a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Alopiidae (sea-ape)

sea-fox1605

thresher1605

sea-ape1607

sea ape1607

sea dog-fish1611

thrasher1638

thrasher fish1658

long-tailed shark1776

thresher fish1817

fox-shark1828

swingle-tail1839

1817 Dangerous Voy. Capt. Bligh 177 Next the sword fish, assisted by its ally the thresher fish, as the sailors call it, assails him [sc. the whale].

1865 A. De Morgan in Athenæum 14 Oct. 504/2 As the thresher-fish behaves towards the whale.

1906 Daily Chron. 11 June 5/5 Three Southwold fisherman have secured in the bay a thresher fish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

Threshern.²

Brit.

/ˈθrɛʃə/, U.S.

/ˈθrɛʃər/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Thresher.

Etymology: < the name of Captain Thresher, the fictional signatory of the organization's manifesto, itself punningly after thresher n.¹

Now historical.

A member of an Irish agrarian protest organization instituted in 1806, which issued demands and threats relating to tithes and other grievances, signed under the name ‘Captain Thresher’.The Threshers were one of a number of secret agrarian groups with broadly similar objectives and methods active in Ireland in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Cf. e.g. white boy n. 4, Oakboy n. at oak n. Compounds 3, Molly Maguire n. 1.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations > members of

hougher1712

white boys1762

Steel boy1772

defender1788

United Irishman1791

Orangeman1796

marksman1800

Thresher1806

marchman1814

Orangist1822

Rockite1824

Brunswicker1828

Terry Alt1831

whitefoot1831

Repeal Warden1841

Young Irelander1844

Fenian1864

Land-leaguer1878

invincible1883

leaguer1892

Provie1972

1806 Ld. Plunket in T. J. Howell Compl. Coll. State Trials (1822) XXX. 7 For some time past the peace of the county [sc. Sligo] has been infested by a set of persons assuming the name of ‘Threshers’.

1882 G. L. Browne Narr. State Trials 19th Cent. I. xiii. 396 The last case to be cited is that of a Thresher who had informed against a relative of one of those who eventually joined in his murder.

1971 H. W. Aurand From Molly Maguires to United Mine Workers ix. 97 Trials and hangings drove most of the Threshers underground, but they soon reappeared as the ‘Ribbonmen’.

2007 P. Bew Ireland ii. 83 The Threshers..took it upon themselves to redefine the law of the state both as to agrarian, but also religious, issues.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	thresher
释义	threshern.¹ Brit. /ˈθrɛʃə/, U.S. /ˈθrɛʃər/ Forms: see thresh v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: thresh v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < thresh v. (compare forms at that entry) + -er suffix¹. Compare later thrasher n.¹ 1. a. A person who threshes crops, esp. with a flail.Recorded earliest as a surname. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > thresher thresher1221 thrasher1364 tasker14.. flail-swinger?1518 berrier1573 lotman1762 barnmana1805 α. 1221 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Brit. Surnames (1976) 347 Richard þrescere. 1380 in T. Rogers Oxf. City Documents (1891) 39 De Waltero le thressher. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 9336 Echon or [read on] other ffaste doth bete, Ryght as threscheres doth on whete. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) v. 318 He suld ane mantill have auld & bar And a flaill as he a thresscher war. a1500 Walter of Henley's Husbandry (Sloane) (1890) 50 (MED) Let your thresers be sworne to thresse it clene. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. i. 131 An idle thresher with a flaile. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. v. 24 Your barne, with his great doore..to giue light to the threshers. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 356 We may discern the thresher at his task. Thump after thump resounds the constant flail. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iii. 23 The threshers..struck the corn alternately. 2005 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 13 July 42 He began making eight-day clocks, artificial teeth..even an artificial arm for a thresher who would otherwise have been unable to work. β. 1327 Subsidy Roll, Leicestershire in Associated Archit. Soc. Rep. & Papers (1888) 19 242 Joh'ne Throsshere.1474–5 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 152 (MED) For vannyng unto þe throssars at þer furst comyng for þer labur, ij s.1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxi. B O my felowe throsshers and fanners.1800 J. Larwood Norfolk Dial. (E.D.S. No. 76) 122 The stra that the throsher had hull'd down from the gofe in the barn. b. An implement, device, etc., for threshing; (sometimes) spec. a threshing machine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > machine or device for waina1382 mill1669 threshing machine1735 threshing mill1768 thrashing machine1771 thresher1778 thrashing mill1790 steamer1898 1778 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. II. 493 And I gladly hope it will terminate in the production of a complete thresher and cleaner of grain. 1872 Southern Cultivator Oct. 362/2 The quickest mode of gathering is either to pull up or cut down the vines and thresh out with flail or thresher. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlvii. 131 The hum of the thresher..increased to a raving whenever the supply of corn fell short of the regular quantity. 1937 Farmer & Settler (New S. Wales) 9 Sept. 8/5 As the machine has a large capacity in the conveyers, elevators, threshers, and riddles, it is capable of handling heavy crops with surprising ease. 2003 Tractor & Machinery Oct. 124/1 Biggest bang for the buck was..a massive Ransomes thresher in restorable condition. 2. a. More fully thresher shark. A shark having an elongated caudal fin used to stun prey, Alopias vulpinus (family Alopiidae). In later use more widely (frequently with distinguishing word): any of several sharks constituting the genus Alopias. Cf. thrasher n.¹ 2a, thresher fish n. A. vulpinus is also called fox shark.In early use perhaps conflated or confused with sense 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Alopiidae (sea-ape) sea-fox1605 thresher1605 sea-ape1607 sea ape1607 sea dog-fish1611 thrasher1638 thrasher fish1658 long-tailed shark1776 thresher fish1817 fox-shark1828 swingle-tail1839 1605 Sir T. Smithes Voiage in Rushia sig. C2 The gallant Sea-fight betwixte the huge Whale, the Sword-fish, and the Thresher. 1609 Newes from Bermudas July in P. Force Hist. Tracts & Other Papers (1838) II. 22 The Threasher keepeth above him, & with a mighty great thing like unto a flaile, hee so bangeth the whale, that hee will roare as though it thundered. 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall xxiii. §3. 265 The sea-fox, Vulpecula, or Simia marina..; this shark we call the Thresher, from the motion of its long fox-like tail with which it strikes or threshes its larger and less agile enemy the grampus. 1888 Ayr Advertiser 5 July 6 A very large specimen of the fox or ‘thresher’ shark was recently caught..at Port-na-Luing. 1941 Sat. Evening Post 1 Feb. 54/3 A thresher is one of the few powerhouses in the shark family. 1999 J. I. Castro et al. Preliminary Investig. Status Shark Species (U.N. F.A.O. Fisheries Techn. Paper No. 380) iv. 23 The bigeye thresher is most often seen in the bycatch of swordfish fisheries, where it is considered a nuisance. 2004 Dive Sept. 27 The most electrifying encounter was with a thresher shark that rose from the depths to swim past the divers. †b. More fully thresher whale. The killer whale, Orcinus orca. Cf. thrasher n.¹ 2b. Obsolete.In early use perhaps conflated or confused with sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > genus Orcinus (killer whale) grampusa1529 orcc1590 herring-hoga1641 orca1653 springer1700 thrasher1709 killer whale1726 grampus-whale1744 thresher1787 sword-whale1860 1787 in P. G. King Hist. Rec. New S. Wales (1893) II. 534 As ye whale swims along, the thresher watches when the whale is going to spout. At that time he throws himself out of the water, and falls with the greatest force on the whale's head or shoulder. 1890 J. Ashton Curious Creatures Zool. 239 The Orca is probably the Thresher whale. 1909 W. T. Grenfell Labrador xiv. 356 The thresher, or killer whale (Orca gladiator),..is the fiercest of all our sea animals, and is a perfect buccaneer and pirate. Compounds † thresher fish n. Obsolete a thresher shark (see sense 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Alopiidae (sea-ape) sea-fox1605 thresher1605 sea-ape1607 sea ape1607 sea dog-fish1611 thrasher1638 thrasher fish1658 long-tailed shark1776 thresher fish1817 fox-shark1828 swingle-tail1839 1817 Dangerous Voy. Capt. Bligh 177 Next the sword fish, assisted by its ally the thresher fish, as the sailors call it, assails him [sc. the whale]. 1865 A. De Morgan in Athenæum 14 Oct. 504/2 As the thresher-fish behaves towards the whale. 1906 Daily Chron. 11 June 5/5 Three Southwold fisherman have secured in the bay a thresher fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). Threshern.² Brit. /ˈθrɛʃə/, U.S. /ˈθrɛʃər/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Thresher. Etymology: < the name of Captain Thresher, the fictional signatory of the organization's manifesto, itself punningly after thresher n.¹ Now historical. A member of an Irish agrarian protest organization instituted in 1806, which issued demands and threats relating to tithes and other grievances, signed under the name ‘Captain Thresher’.The Threshers were one of a number of secret agrarian groups with broadly similar objectives and methods active in Ireland in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Cf. e.g. white boy n. 4, Oakboy n. at oak n. Compounds 3, Molly Maguire n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations > members of hougher1712 white boys1762 Steel boy1772 defender1788 United Irishman1791 Orangeman1796 marksman1800 Thresher1806 marchman1814 Orangist1822 Rockite1824 Brunswicker1828 Terry Alt1831 whitefoot1831 Repeal Warden1841 Young Irelander1844 Fenian1864 Land-leaguer1878 invincible1883 leaguer1892 Provie1972 1806 Ld. Plunket in T. J. Howell Compl. Coll. State Trials (1822) XXX. 7 For some time past the peace of the county [sc. Sligo] has been infested by a set of persons assuming the name of ‘Threshers’. 1882 G. L. Browne Narr. State Trials 19th Cent. I. xiii. 396 The last case to be cited is that of a Thresher who had informed against a relative of one of those who eventually joined in his murder. 1971 H. W. Aurand From Molly Maguires to United Mine Workers ix. 97 Trials and hangings drove most of the Threshers underground, but they soon reappeared as the ‘Ribbonmen’. 2007 P. Bew Ireland ii. 83 The Threshers..took it upon themselves to redefine the law of the state both as to agrarian, but also religious, issues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.¹1221n.²1806
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